Sam Afshar, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Round Rock, TX
Sam Afshar, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Round Rock, Texas, and NPI 1992913933, issued on May 21, 2007. Check the license (Texas N2898, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sam Afshar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- N2898 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2410 Round Rock Ave Ste 110, Round Rock, TX 78681
- Phone
- (903) 934-5490
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 8, 2022
- Fax
- (903) 934-5493
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101118001179); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2006
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sam Afshar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N2898Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
1,190 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium123 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate87 claims
- Furosemide77 claims
- Losartan Potassium75 claims
- Lisinopril71 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide65 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $86.32
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Acist Medical Systems, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- St Davids Heart And Vascular PLLCRound Rock, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sam Afshar among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Sam Afshar, MD is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 58% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.
All 1,603 in Texas → Every provider in Round Rock → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Henry Lucid, MDRound Rock, TX 786811265424469
- Eric Roehm, MDRound Rock, TX 786811982605374
- Joseph Szczytowski, DORound Rock, TX 786811316043888
- Thomas Vinson, MDRound Rock, TX 786811407843287
- Dale Faulkner, MDWimberley, TX 786761609884006
- William Abide, M.D.San Marcos, TX 786661932307261
- Michael Benca, MDSan Marcos, TX 786661588774061
- Boguslaw Godlewski, MDSan Marcos, TX 786661447251905
Common questions
What is Sam Afshar, MD's NPI number?
Sam Afshar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992913933, issued on May 21, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sam Afshar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2410 Round Rock Ave Ste 110, Round Rock, TX, 78681. Phone: (903) 934-5490. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sam Afshar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N2898, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sam Afshar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sam Afshar, MD had 1,190 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sam Afshar, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.